Ed Helms Sells Insurance In Cedar Rapids
Heres a funny thought. Next to Steve Carell, Ed Helms, not John Krasinski, is now the most famous person from The Office. Thanks to The Hangover, sales of Andy star mugs should increase exponentially. So by the way, should the number of places youll see Ed Helms.
Variety says hes already lined up his post-Hangover followup. Just think, if the movie had sucked right now we could be calling it a Hangover remedy. Then Id pat myself on the back and go to bed feeling pleased with myself. But The Hangover was great and so Im forced to stick with simply calling it whatever hes doing next.
What hes doing next is Cedar Rapids, a comedy in which Helms will play a sad-sack insurance agent who hits an insurance convention to try and save his coworkers jobs. Im imagining it as Death of a Salesman, without the suicide, even though thats almost certainly inaccurate.
Ed actually had a hand in writing the script. They say he developed it with screenwriter Phil Johnston. I dont exactly know what that means, its kind of like a producer credit. It could mean he did everything or it could mean he took the finished script and slapped his name on it when this Phil character wasnt looking. I mean really, Phil Johnston, I cant be the only one who thinks that sounds like a fake name. Why not just call yourself Ned Ryserson and be done with it.
This story may have jumped the rails a bit, but admit it, you liked it.
Source:cinemablend.com
